John Wick's 'Curse of the Yellow Sign, Act 1.'

[komradebob]

It also reminds me a bit of In Media Res from a really old issue of Unspeakable Oath magazine, another classic, twisted, not-nice CoC scenario.

[John Wick]

The official orders are the part to be read aloud to the players. The individual orders are on the character sheets. Sorry for the confusion.

My webmaster is putting up the audio file and PDFs (the maps and the character sheets) as we speak. They should be up shortly.

Also, I'm writing a little bit called "Playing the Man in Black." It's stuff I wanted to put in but didn't have space.

[John Wick]

Originally Posted by komradebob

It also reminds me a bit of In Media Res from a really old issue of Unspeakable Oath magazine, another classic, twisted, not-nice CoC scenario.

That is a high f@#$in' compliment, sir.

Thank you.

[A Letter From Prague]

So, uh, spoilers?

[Myca]

Originally Posted by John Wick

The official orders are the part to be read aloud to the players. The individual orders are on the character sheets. Sorry for the confusion.

Awesome. With that as my only question, I hasten to say: A+ for this story, man. Two thumbs way the hell up.

---Myca

[komradebob]

Originally Posted by A Letter From Prague

So, uh, spoilers?

Here the listing for it at IPR.

I don't think you can really give away too much about this one. It's a one-shot with pregens, and it's really important to use those pregens written for it.

What the scenario turns out like is going to be extremely dependant on the players in your own group, but certainly it will be horrific.

[st_gulik]

I've played it. We had exactly one survivor from the entire group, well his body survived intact. >

But we bloody loved playing it!

[Speckled_Egg]

Interesting!

In what way does it remind you of Jailbreak and/or In Media Res?
(I think they're both terrific scenarios, so this really got my spider sense tingling.)




Well, there is an easy way to find out; it's just five bucks, after all

[komradebob]

Originally Posted by Speckled_Egg

In what way does it remind you of Jailbreak and/or In Media Res?
(I think they're both terrific scenarios, so this really got my spider sense tingling.)

It reminds me of IMR, because...

1) It's a one-shot with a very specific set of pregen characters, and the relationship between them is a powder keg.

2) When the mythos enters the scene, it's like a match for that powder keg.

3) Ultimately, there's no wrong answer here. No matter what happens, it's almost certainly going to end up spectacular and based pretty much entirely on how the players interpret the pregens.

4) On the other hand, there's no right answer to this scenario, either. It's very, hhmmm...experiential?

5) This scenario begins almost in media res, itself. The PCs are dropped pretty much straight into events.

6) The pregens in this scenario are bastards all, much like IMR. And, as with IMR, this will tend to encourage the players to go forth and be bastards, all the more so since it's a one-shot.

7) Like IMR, this scenario involves not just gruesomeness, but frankly weird horror. The Mythos in this scenario is very much strange and alien, and not in the rubber monster sense.

[A Letter From Prague]

Originally Posted by komradebob

What the scenario turns out like is going to be extremely dependant on the players in your own group, but certainly it will be horrific.

You play Nazis in the jungle and there's a mine and a guy named Ahvril, got it. What actually happens? What're the pregen's individual motives?

I want a big-ass block of black spoiler tags here.